They never cease to amaze me

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Specializes in School Nursing.

I just had a little Kinder kiddo come running into my office from lunch. I asked him what was wrong. He says "Can you wipe this off my face" (ice cream). :lol2: I pointed him to the paper towels and mirror and assured him he was perfectly capable of wiping his own face!!!

This morning a teacher sent a student to me with a note addressed to myself and the counselor stating "Can someone sew his pants?" I asked the student if his pants were ripped. He said no, they are just too big for him. Apparently his pants kept slipping down and he kept hiking them up, and it was annoying the teacher. :rolleyes: I wrote on the note "I don't sew" and sent him on to the counselor (thinking she may have an extra belt). This was the music teacher, BTW, who had him for all of 45 minutes. His homeroom teacher did not see a big issue. They were baggy, but not falling off his hiney or anything indecent.

The counselor was not in, so the music teacher sent him BACK to the office to call home for a belt. :eek: Give me a break!!! Can you say mountain out of molehill??? I cannot wait for Spring Break. :D

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Specializes in Telemetry, Gastroenterology, School Nrs.

My best one yet is the day the teacher sent a student to me b/c he had stepped in dog poo and needed to get it off his shoe. Yep... true story

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Specializes in school nursing.

I was once sent a note that stated this......."please poke another hole in student's belt." Sure, let me get right on that with my hole punch!

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Specializes in School Nursing.

Lol. And somehow I am also the "glasses whisperer". I must have some magical power to fix shattered glasses! Now, sure, I have the repair kit and a few extra screws, but when the arm is broken in half, what on earth do they expect me to do? Am I the only person in the building with tape?

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Specializes in School Nursing.
My best one yet is the day the teacher sent a student to me b/c he had stepped in dog poo and needed to get it off his shoe. Yep... true story

Lol, that made me remember a thread I started on that very topic years ago, check it out:

https://allnurses.com/school-nursing/poo-on-shoe-365527.html

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Specializes in Med Office, Home Health, School Nurse.

What I hate is when teachers send kids up here after they have felt of the kids forehead and TOLD the kid "Your head is really hot!" and then act like they are astonished that the kid doesn't have a fever....the teacher's hands are usually cold so every kid feels warm. But it drives me bonkers when they come in, demanding that I call home because the kid has a fever EVEN though my thermometer says 97.7! Or they will send a note in saying "Call home" even though the kid is fine, no fever, very slight symptoms....uhm NO. :banghead:

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